WaterLula Von Hooligan July 7, 2014

Smells of dried flowers, rotting vegetation and spectral flora; the name screams it, though I didn’t spot it at first: Tomb of Flowers, or rather, Flower of the Tomb. It’s the most gothic perfume I’ve tried and I use it, I confess, compulsively despite some base notes repelling me. Repulsions work like ugliness: some (very few) instead of repelling attract. It’s not pleasant to the nose, but it is highly sophisticated; it couldn’t be otherwise given it’s a conceptual fragrance. Called Flower of the Tomb and smelling of rose, geranium, sage, thyme and blackcurrants, yes, but dead. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille would praise what’s been achieved, though he’d undoubtedly synthesise it better, but he’d understand, without doubt, the intention of its creators. It’s decadent and vampiric, and though sinister it excites the senses. In its cheerful moments it smells a bit of potting soil (must be the geranium) and in its falls, of mouldy flowers. A delicacy for noses averted to conventional scents who enjoy polymorphic and amoral fragrances. Lestat would wear this perfume, and so would Felicity Blanc. Chapeau

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WaterLula Von Hooligan July 7, 2014

Smells of dried flowers, rotting vegetation and spectral flora; the name screams it, though I didn’t spot it at first: Tomb of Flowers, or rather, Flower of the Tomb. It’s the most gothic perfume I’ve tried and I use it, I confess, compulsively despite some base notes repelling me. Repulsions work like ugliness: some (very few) instead of repelling attract. It’s not pleasant to the nose, but it is highly sophisticated; it couldn’t be otherwise given it’s a conceptual fragrance. Called Flower of the Tomb and smelling of rose, geranium, sage, thyme and blackcurrants, yes, but dead. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille would praise what’s been achieved, though he’d undoubtedly synthesise it better, but he’d understand, without doubt, the intention of its creators. It’s decadent and vampiric, and though sinister it excites the senses. In its cheerful moments it smells a bit of potting soil (must be the geranium) and in its falls, of mouldy flowers. A delicacy for noses averted to conventional scents who enjoy polymorphic and amoral fragrances. Lestat would wear this perfume, and so would Felicity Blanc. Chapeau

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